I'm pretty sure he's beaten the top 4 in grand slams before, and he did well at the olympics. I think he has it in him to win a Wimbledon title one day. But then again, I heard he dropped his coach and isn't taking the game as seriously now.

no.

the level of aggression he needs to play with to not just beat the top 4, but most of the top 30 is not sustainable for 7 best of 5 matches in a row.

also i question his focus against lower ranked players in the early-mid rounds who he should consistently beat. even though he comes through these matches more often than not, it's not often enough to compare with the top 4 (+ even ferrer), and when he does come through he makes it harder than it should be and this leaves him vulnerable later in the business end of the tournament.

on top of the above i don't think his inherent streakyness and the best of 5 format is helping him. the only way i think he can win is if 1 or 2 of the top 4 are not playing, or he gets some giftwrapped draw full of chokers and players who lack the belief to win the big points even if they are playing well, a lot like what murray got handed to him at the us open.


so i guess the better answer is yes, he can, but no, he can't do it without a few things breaking his way. very much in the same boat as berdych and soderling in the sense that they can beat anyone on any day, but realistically not 7 guys in a row with 4-5 of them being top 35 and likely 2-3 of the last 3 being the top 4.

I dont think he can.

He can get lucky at times and beat a top 4 player, but to win a grand slam he would need for this to happen several times in a row.

Well with the way Nadal has been lately he might not need to worry about that.

I'd say Djokovic/Fed is his biggest concern, I think he could take Murray on a good day.

he could take anyone on a good day... that wasn't the question though.

im starting to believe that he might be able to win one without any help.. he has made some subtle improvements to his game that will start to pay off to a certain degree.


he really needs to find a way to get to #4 so he can get his own quarter at these events tho.



e/ no idea if he'll beat federer here, he should be off the court already with how well hes played.. but he allowed federer to dictate the 2 breakers and will probably end up losing a match that he was the stronger player in for at least 80% of..

This post was edited by 987 on Jan 23 2013 05:53am

no lol

he is too stocky

Nadal is starting to get pretty thick around the core.

This post was edited by Mastersam93 on Jan 24 2013 11:43am

Don't think he's mentally prepared to play against a top 4 player, from there comes the "fear" of really attempting to win a Grand Slam tournament.

He's already beaten them all before. I think if he gets really lucky he'll get a slam final against like Ferrer, where they both are nervous about it.